A01=Bertrand Russell
Author_Bertrand Russell
Barren
Can
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Confer
decree
Decree Nisi
Dimmed
education reform theory
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eves
fever
Follow
Gateway
Good Life
Hold
Honesty
impulse versus reason
impulses
Inclined
Innocent III
instinctive
Instinctive Liking
Instinctive Love
Kindred
Large Military State
liking
love
Mankind
Military Control
nisi
Payment
philosophy of war and peace
possessive
Possessive Impulses
religion and society
Routledge Classics collection
social philosophy
state and individual
Strong
Tribal Feeling
Unlimited
war
War Fever
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415487382
- Weight: 218g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Also published under the title of Principals of Social Reconstruction, and written in response to the devastation of World War I, Why Men Fight lays out Bertrand Russell's ideas on war, pacifism, reason, impulse, and personal liberty. He argues that the individualistic approach of traditional liberalism has reached its limits and that when individuals live passionately, they will have no desire for war or killing. Conversely, excessive restraint or reason causes us to live unnaturally and with hostility toward those who are unlike ourselves. This formidable work greatly contributed to Russell’s fame as a formidable social critic and anti-war activist.
